{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-special-constables-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-special-constables-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2008/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-special-constables-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 2008.\n(2) These Regulations come into force on 12th May 2008 but regulation 26(2) and (6) shall have effect from 1st September 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 26(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) provides that regulations made under section 26 of that Act may regulate allowances which are paid to special constables with retrospective effect."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/117/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:54.880197+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}